Our test winner’s stablemates

Orbea’s Orca M20i Team is a consummate lightweight bike, perfectly suited to hilly and mountainous terrain. Its handling and responsiveness are particular highlights, and the customisable specificatio

(CUSTOM SPEC) Could our senior tech ed’s needs for a big-mountain, gravity-focused e-MTB be met? Orbea’s Wild e-MTB caused quite a splash when it launched at the tail end of 2024. Not only is it a sla

Cannondale’s new Moterra looks like an iterative refinement rather than a full ‘rip up the rule book’ do-over. However, dig a little deeper and the changes are more than skin deep. There’s a new carbo

The demands on a modern-day trail bike are astounding, with very little room for compromise. They really need to do it all and do it well to be in with a chance of impressing riders. While no one expe

It perhaps goes without saying, but gravity is always trying to pull you down when you’re riding uphill. Therefore, a lightweight bike helps a lot if you want to climb faster, or simply make the hills

£599 The ultimate in balance bike bling – and eco-friendly too Giant’s Pre rCarbon [sic] is a lightweight balance bike made using a novel form of recycled carbon fibre. While carbon recycling is nothi